Cubs catcher Miguel Amaya was carted off the sector after he took a clumsy fall while reaching first base during Chicago’s 4-1 win over the Blue Jays.
The injury occurred in the highest of the eighth inning after Amaya hit a chopper to shortstop and was attempting to beat out the throw at first at Rogers Centre on Wednesday night.
When Amaya reached the bag, he appeared to plant his left foot on the corner of the bag, which led to him rolling his ankle and being popped into the air before falling hard on the bottom.
As soon because the play stopped, it was clear he was in immediate pain, as first base coach Jose Javier and the team trainer got here over to ascertain him out.
After several moments of being checked out, he was placed on a cart and brought off the sector.
Amaya was holding his hand over his face as he tried to cope with the pain.
Manager Craig Counsell told reporters that Amaya suffered a left ankle sprain and could be headed to the injured list.
X-rays were negative.
The moment on Wednesday was not only devastating on account of the character of what had happened, however it got here just after Amaya had been activated off the 60-day IL stemming from an oblique injury.
“It feels amazing to be back,” Amaya told reporters after returning on Tuesday, per the Chicago Tribune. “Thank God I’m healthy and now [here] to assist the boys. … It was a protracted process, and I used to be just daily listening to my body and playing some games down there [in Arizona] and getting the vital recovery.”
Cubs broadcaster Jim Deshaies can have summed up what happened in essentially the most fitting way.
“I don’t know that I’ve ever desired to cry for a man greater than I need to cry for Miguel Amaya immediately. So disappointing,” Deshaies said.
